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CURRICULUM. 


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‘PUBLIC ‘HEALTH NURSING 


1923-1924 
MAY, 1923 
PUBLISHED BY THE 


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS 
BERKELEY 





UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 


CURRICULUM 


IN 


PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 


1923-1924 


UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS 
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 





CURRICULUM IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 


ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS 


WILLIAM W. CAMPBELL, Sc.D., LL.D., President of the University. 
CHARLES B. LipMAN, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate Division. 
JAMES SuTToN, Ph.B., Recorder of the Faculties. 


Committee on Public Health Curricula and Degrees of the Graduate Council 


Professors: HyDE (chairman), LEGGE, Lucas, PEIxoTTo, BECKWITH, FORCE, 
MorGaANn, SCHMITT. 


OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION 


CHARLES G. Hybk, B.S., Professor of Sanitary Engineering. 

*RoBeERT T. Lecce, Ph.G., M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Hygiene. 

Jessica B. PerxortTo, Ph.D., Professor of Social Economics. 

Lucy W. STEBBINS, A.B., Professor of Social Economics. 

WILFRED IF’. LANGELIER, M.S., Associate Professor of Sanitary Engineering. 

DwieHt E. WATKINS, M.A., Associate Professor of Public Speaking. 

EpitH 8. Bryan, A.B., R.N., Assistant Professor of Public Health Nursing. 

FRANK L. Keuuy, M.S., M.D., Gr.P.H., Assistant Professor of Public 
Health Administration. 

RutH OKEy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Household Science. 

EscuscHourzia Lucia, A.B., Assistant in Public Health Administration. 

SopHia M. BaucuH, R.N., Assistant in Public Health Nursing. 

HELEN 8. Bioopcoop, R.N., Assistant in Public Health Nursing. 


STAFF OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING UNIT OF BERKELEY 


The Public Health Nursing Unit of Berkeley is a local relief organiza- 
tion, authorized by the Commission of Public Charities of the City of 
Berkeley. 
EpitH 8. Bryan, A.B., R.N., Director. 
SopH1A M. BaucH, R.N., Assistant Director. 
HELEN 8. BLoopcoop, R.N., Assistant Director. 
ALICE Burton, R.N., Teaching Supervisor. 
GEORGIE P. Foster, R.N., Teaching Supervisor. 
AGNES. JOHNSON, R.N., Teaching Supervisor. 

- Hester MacKay, R.N., Teaching Supervisor. 
KATHERINE ROBERTS, Statistical Clerk. 


* Absent on leave, 1923-24. 


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GENERAL INFORMATION 


Subjects in the Curriculum in Public Health Nursing were first given 
in the University of California in the Summer Session of 1916 under the 
direction of Miss Anna C. Jammé. The following summer, 1917, Miss 
Cecilia Evans of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, came to 
the University to conduct the course in the Department of Hygiene, and 
in August, 1918 a division of Public Health Nursing was established. 
The course at first consisted of a term of six months, divided equally be- 
tween class work and field practice. In 1921 the course was extended to 
cover a period of one college year. 


The field practice, in the earlier years, consisted of work at health 
centers, and in juvenile courts, charity organizations, and public schools. 
In 1920, the Public Health Nursing Unit was organized in Berkeley to 
give public health nursing service to all agencies willing to cooperate. 


Admission to the Curriculum.— Applicants for admission to this curricu- 
lum must qualify for admission to the University of California either (a) 
as graduate students or (b) as undergraduate students. Graduate students 
must possess the degree of Bachelor of Arts from a university of recog- 
nized standing or must hold equivalent credentials. Undergraduate stu- 
dents may be registered either (1) as matriculants or (2) as non-matricu- 
lated (special) students. Ordinarily, persons admitted to undergraduate 
standing must be graduates of accredited secondary schools and must hold 
testimonials of preparation for university work; in special cases, mature 
persons without such high school credentials who, nevertheless, have had 
practical experience in teaching or in other professional work may be 
admitted to the University as non-matriculated or special students. For 
information concerning opening dates and the general regulations govern- 
ing admission to the University, address the Recorder of the Faculties. 


Applicants to Secure the Preliminary Approval of the Committee on 
Public Health Curricula.—Intending students in this curriculum are urged 
to defer the filing of formal applications for admission with the Recorder 
of the Faculties until such time as they shall have secured the preliminary 
approval of the committee. Communications for the committee should 
be addressed to the Assistant Professor of Public Health Nursing, Uni- 
versity of California, Berkeley, California. The applicant must be a 
graduate of an acceptable school of nursing and must have fulfilled the 
legal requirements of her profession. She must pass a satisfactory oral 
examination and must submit acceptable credentials and references in- 
cluding evidence of at least six weeks’ hospital service in the nursing 


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of communicable diseases.* Such testimonials should be submitted 
at least two weeks before the opening of the session at which the 
applicant proposes to begin her course. Students enrolled in an accred- 
ited school of nursing which allows a final semester of elective work, 
may be admitted to the public health nursing curriculum for the com- 
pletion of this semester, provided that they are eligible for admission 
to the University. Such students will receive due credit for this semes- 
ter’s work if they continue and complete another semester of the curri- 
culum after becoming graduate and registered nurses. 


In order that this preliminary application may be made, there are 
inserted at the end of this bulletin (1) a blank form of preliminary appli- 
cation and (2) a blank form of statement to be used by a physician in 
support of a preliminary application. 


Certification.— Nurses who complete the curriculum will be granted the 
Certificate in Public Health Nursing. This certificate will admit the 
possessor to the examination conducted by the California State Board of 
Health for the credential of Public Health Nurse. 


Expense.—An incidental fee of $25 a half-year is paid by every student. 
Tuition is free to residents of California. Non-residents are charged a 
tuition fee of $75 a half-year. Living expenses average $75 per month. 
An allowance of $15 a half-year should be made for car fare, to be ex- 
pended on necessary field trips. 


Field Service.—Plain dark suits must be worn in field service, with 
plain tailored hats, and walking shoes with straight moderate heels. 
Aprons will be provided but must be laundered at the student’s expense. 
A fully equipped nurse’s bag is loaned each student. A deposit of $2 
is required, one dollar of which is refunded if the bag is returned without 
damage. 


Scholarships.—Application should be made to the Division Director 
of the American Red Cross or to the National Organization for Public 
Health Nursing for information in regard to scholarships. 


* The San Francisco Hospital and the Alameda County Hospital offer 
courses in satisfaction of this requirement during the twelve weeks 
immediately preceding the opening of the University. Tuition, board, 
and room will be furnished without cost to accepted students. For 
further information address the Assistant Professor of Public Health 
Nursing, University of California, Berkeley, California. 


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DETAILS OF COURSES IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 
CURRICULUM 


The work of the student is divided into two parts: (1) Theory, con- 
sisting of lectures, recitations, and laboratory exercises, and (2) Practice, 
consisting of service under teaching supervisors in the various fields of 
public health nursing. The theoretical instruction is given during the 
afternoons of two academic semesters of sixteen weeks each. The practi- 
eal instruction parallels the theoretical instruction and occupies the 
morings during a period of thirty-nine weeks. 


THEORY 


Public Speaking 14. Elements of Public Speaking (3)* It. WarkKINsS 
M W FP, 2. 
Training in the principles of oral rhetoric, in summarizing, and 
outlining, in the use of the library, and in the presentation of pre- 
pared and extemporaneous speeches. 


Economics 180. The Control of Poverty. (3) I. PEIXOTTO 
M W F, 2. 
Studies in the facts and causes of poverty, and of publie and pri- 
vate action to prevent destitution. 


Economics 181. Care of Dependents. (3) Il. M W F, 2. STEBBINS 
The problems of outdoor and institutional care of the dependent 
and defective classes. 


Household Science 103. Human Nutrition. (4) I. OKEY 
Lectures M W F, 4; laboratory Tu, 1-4. 


A study of the principles of nutrition, and of their application to 
the practical feeding problems encountered by the public health 
worker. . 


Hygiene 104. Public Health Administration. (3) IL. Lucia 
Lectures, M W, 3; Office Practice, Tu, 1-4. 


Lectures, readings, individual reports, and supervised office prac- 
tice in public health administration and procedure. 


Hygiene 115. Preventive Medicine and Sanitary Engineering. (3) I. 

M W F, 4. . KELLY, Hyps, LANGELIER 
Lectures, Ulustrated with charts and lantern slides, covering the 
important aims of preventive medicine. Historical review of the 
development of the subject to the present time. The control of com- 


* Number in parenthesis refers to unit value of course. 
t I, first half-year course; II, second half-year course; Yr., year course. 


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municable diseases. Methods of dealing with special public health 
problems, such as maternal and infant mortality, tuberculosis, ven- 
ereal and degenerative diseases. School and industrial hygiene, public 
health organizations, health education and publicity. Sanitary engi- 
neering covering water supply, sewage and waste disposal, heating, 
ventilation and plumbing as applied to the home and.community. 


Hygiene 118a-118B. Principles and Practice of Public Health Nursing. 
(3-3) Yr. M W. F, 1. Bryan 


A study of public health nursing, its administration, technique, 
fields, and social problems. A study of health education and of the 
opportunities and responsibilities of codperative endeavor with all 
social agencies. 


FIELD PRACTICE 


Hygiene 1204-1208. Field Work in Public Health Nursing. (3-3) Yr. 
BRYAN, BLoopGoop, BALCH, and Teaching Supervisors 
Motu. W Th F, 8-11. 


The field instruction is carried on through the agency of a public 
health nursing unit which has been organized for this purpose in the 
city of Berkeley. Each student of public health nursing is assigned 
to a section of the city corresponding roughly to a public school dis- 
trict. A teaching supervisor is placed in charge of several of these 
districts. This system of instruction furnishes a combination of close 
personal guidance and individual responsibility which results in the 
rapid development of the initiative and self-confidence so necessary 
to the public health nurse. The following types of service are rendered 
by the public health nursing unit: 


School Nursing.—The service in the public and parochial schools includes 
physical inspection, weighing and measuring, home visits for the correc- 
tion of defects and for general instruction, oral hygiene, nutrition pro- 
grammes, communicable disease control, absentee control, and health edu- 
cation. 


Berkeley Health Center—The home visits for the health center are 
made by each public health nursing student for her own district. These 
include visits for both the medical and social services of the health 
center, to instruct the patient as to the meaning of directions received 
at the center, to follow up operative cases and to determine the reasons 
for failure to return to the center at the appointed times. 


Berkeley Day Nursery.—This service includes inspection and observa- 
tion of children in the nursery and home instructional visits to the 
families of those in attendance. 

In addition to the above agencies each nurse makes instructional or 
nursing visits for such agencies as the Red Cross, the Metropolitan Life 
Insurance Company, and for private physicians when directed. 


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Psychiatry, Tuberculosis, and Venereal Diseases.— Before receiving her 
certificate each nurse must have discovered, carried, and solved several 
cases of the above conditions. The work is under the supervision of 
specialists in each instance, through the codperation of municipal and 
state agencies. 


Child Welfare Conferences.—Under the supervision of the physician 
in charge of each conference and of the teaching supervisor, each nurse 
will serve not less than three months in a child welfare conference, where 
she will be responsible for follow up and instructional visiting, often 
carrying the cases for the entire academic year. In addition, prenatal 
and post partum cases are carried by each nurse. 


Nutrition.—Each nurse is given the opportunity to assist in the feed- 
ing of mid-morning and noon luncheons, as well as in conferences and 
home instruction. 


Field Records.—Each nurse is carefully taught the daily record keep- 
ing, including the compilation of statistics, and reports of the various 
types required by all health and social agencies, and the routine work of 
the office. 


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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
DEPARTMENT OF HYGIENE—PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 


PRELIMINARY APPLICATION 


(Not a.formal application for admission to the University. See instrue- 
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
DEPARTMENT OF HYGIENE—PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING 


STATEMENT OF PHYSICIAN 


(To accompany Preliminary Application for admission to the Curriculum 
in Public Health Nursing.) 


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